...add splendour to a diadem. King David never appeared more illustrious than when he exclaimed, "Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Perhaps much of that deadness, and coldness, and leanness, of which Christians justly complain, may...

...done amiss. He pleads for a sense of Divine forgiveness to fit him for being useful to others ; " Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee." The idea of having shed innocent blood, haunted his imagination, and pursued his guilty conscience,...

...teach others the laws of God ; but when he prayed to God to restore him to a free spirit, he adds; Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee :f till then it was to no purpose for him to preach. But thott, when thou art converted, said Christ...

...enable him to act as became a Prophet and a king, free from base desires and enslaving lusts. 13. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. He that would employ his abilities, his influence, and his authority, in the reformation of others,...

...iniquity; cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a clean heart, () God ! and renew a right spirit in me. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." How precious, how inestimably precious, arethe Sacred Scriptures ; even the smallest portion of them,...

...Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joys of thy salvavation, and uphold me by thy free Spirit: then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Behold, all ye who call yourselves ministers of the Gospel, the inspired man pleading with his God,...

...locked up from him: "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free Spirit; then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee." Psalm li. 12, 13. Pray mark, it was not his liquorish palate after the sweet taste of this wine of...